triddler (tridler)

[Origin obscure.] The pectoral sandpiper, Tringa maculata: a gunners' name. G. Trumbull, 1808. [New Jersey.] tride (trid), a. [ Tride , a word signifying short and swift. A tride -pace is a going of short and swift motions. A horse is said to work tride upon volts when the times he makes with his haunches are short and ready. Some apply the word only to the motion of the haunches. Osbaldiston, Sportsman's Dict., p. 635. tridens (tri'denz), n. [L.: see trident .] A three-toothed or three-bladed implement or weapon. In the latter example [a halberd] the axe-blade being balanced by a tridens. J. Hewitt , Anc. Armour, II. 269. trident (tri'dent), n. [= F. trident = Sp. Pg. It. tridente , triden (t-)s, three-toothed, three pronged; as a noun, a three-pronged spear, a trident as an attribute of Neptune; tooth : see tooth .] 1. Any instrument of the form of a fork with three prongs; specifically, three pronged fish-spear. -2. A spear with three prongs, usually barb-pointed, forming a characteristic attribute of Poseidon (Neptune), the seagod. See also cut under Poseidon . His nature is too noble for the world: He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for's power to thunder. Shak., Cor., iii. 1. 256. Trident. - Archaistic relief of Nep tune, in the Vatican. dacnidæ . Tridacnidæ (trī-dak'ni-dē), n . pl . [NL., Tri- dacna + -idæ .] A family of bivalves, named from the genus Tridacna . The mantle-lobes are ex- ocean or sea. To Worlds remote she wide extends her Reign, And wields the Trident of the stormy Main. Congreve, Birth of the Muse. Quarles, Hist. Jonah, § 6. dentifer, triden(t-)s, a trident, + ferre = E. bear1.] Bearing a trident. Bailey, 1727. Tri dentine (tri-den'tin), a. and n. [ The King [Henry VIII.] remained a believer in Roman Catholic forms of doctrine; but.. those forms had not yet, by the Tri dentine decrees, been hardened into their later inflexibility. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 261. 2. Conforming to the Council of Trent, or its decrees and doctrine. Her [Elizabeth's] explanation of her supreme governorship might have satisfied every one but the most Triden tine papist, but she re-enacted the most stringent part of her father's act of supremacy. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 324. Tri dentine catechism. See catechism , 2. II. n. A Roman Catholic: a name implying that the present system of Roman Catholic doctrine and practice dates from the Council of Trent (1545). The creeds of the Roman Catholic Church are four in number - the Apostles', the Nicene, the A than asian, and the Creed of Pope Pius IV. The last named is also called the Profe ion of the Tri dentine Faith. It was formulated in 1564, and includes the Nicene Creed, a summary of the doctrines defined by the Council of Trent, a recognition of the Roman Church as mother and teacher of all churches, and an oath of obedience to the Pope as succe or of St. Peter and vicar of Christ. With the addition of the doctrines of the immaculate conception (promulgated in 1854) and the papal infallibility (defined in 1870), this creed is that which must be accepted by converts to the Roman Church, except those from the Greek Church (for whom special forms are provided), and is incumbent on all Roman Catholic priests and teachers. They called the council of Chalcedon a "council of fools," and styled the Catholics Chalcedonians, just as Anglicans have styled Catholics of the present day Tri dentines . Dublin Rev. ( Imp . Dict.) Trident i pes (trī-den'ti-pēz), n. [NL. (Hitch cock, 1858), tres ( tri- ), three, + dens ( dent- ) = E. tooth , + pes = E. foot .] A genus of gigantic animals, formerly supposed to be birds, now believed to be dinosaurian re reptiles, known by their footprints in the Tria ic formation of the Connecticut valley.